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20. GRIEF ALMOST FORGOTTEN
I cried silently in the capsule for a mother that I never had. I thought of my dad teaching me how to ride a bike for the first time, with no mother watching. I thought of my dad tucking me to bed every night before he went to sleep, with no mother at his side. I thought of my dad taking me to school on my first day, with no mother kissing me goodbye or wishing me good luck. I thought of the first day when I saw the adolescent stage signs, with no mother to guide me through them.
I wiped the tears from my eyes and I took control of myself. I sat quietly for some time before I heard someone enter my room. I kept quiet, keeping my thoughts silent as well. I didn’t want anyone to know that I was in here, I just wanted to drown in my own sorrows alone.
“Lina, are you in here?” Ashton’s voice asked.
I didn’t answer and I kept my thoughts really silent so that he wouldn’t easily pick on them. He stood in the room for some time and t
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A Spark in the Dark Shadow 21. LATE NIGHT VISITOR 2
My dad got up to see who it was through Jack’s surveillance footage. We all awaited for him to tell us whether it was a dangerous intruder or not.I read from his mind that it was a female, Ashton did too.“It’s Kelsey”, Ashton said.“You’re sure it’s her?” my dad asked.“Yeah, she’s the only one that said she would come today. So I guess she managed to escape from Kyle’s search for her and me”, he said.My dad hit the button to let Kelsey in. We waited for a few seconds and then Kelsey came in through the door. She looked tired, like she was running for a long time. I presumed that she wanted to lose the people that were tracking her so she didn’t get to using her car.You’re right about that, Ashton thought.I looked at him and he was looking at Kelsey. I dropped my eyes back to my plate. I thought about how lucky Ashton was, having motherly
A Spark in the Dark Shadow 22. THOROUGH DISCUSSION
I didn’t pay much attention at first since they were still updating Ashton’s parents about Kyle Simpson. I knew most of the information that was being delivered so I took that time to practise my shield.Ashton came to sit by me on the couch. He took the liberty of holding my hand and squeezing it a bit. I knew that it was his way of saying, “Are you ok?” I smiled at him for assurance and then leaned my head on his shoulder. His head leaned on mine and we forgot about everything bad that was happening at that moment. We just focused on us and the time that we had. Of course, we couldn’t do or say anything because of the audience that we had. So we just sat like that for some time while the others were still talking about Kyle Simpson.After several minutes, my dad said something that had our attention.“So, I’ve been thinking, long and hard about this. The safety of the children comes first in all this. I was already sen
A Spark in the Dark Shadow 23. DECISIONS TAKEN
Eventually, everyone in the house was asleep, except me and Ashton. I was lying on my bed, waiting for time to go by until the elders’ minds were all unconscious. When that happened, Ashton gilt-ed into my room. I already had Jack’s tablet in my room so I confiscated it from the desk and brought it to the bed. Ashton joined me on the bed. I briskly tapped my finger on the screen and Jack came on.“Hey kids, I thought you were asleep by now”, he said.“We would be, if we weren’t onto something”, Ashton said.“What is it? Do you need my help with something?” he asked.“Can I ask you something very quickly?” I said.“Shoot”, he said.“Can you control everything?”“Technically, yes”, he said braggingly.I rolled my eyes and said, “Everything? Including driving a car or flying an aircraft?”“Kid, I don&rsquo
A Spark in the Dark Shadow 24. BEFORE DOOMSDAY
After breakfast everyone else went about their businesses. My dad, Jay and Kelsey went down to the lab. Mr and Mrs McKenzie went to the living room to relax while watching TV. I went upstairs to get into my practice gear. I needed it before spending the whole day in my capsule.Mind if I join you? Ashton asked as I exited the house to the backyard.No, you’re welcome to.I waited for him to get there and then practice kicked off. We started off with the normal moves for fighting skills and we perfected all our faults. After that we went on to using our super powers. He had the opposite of what I had, I was fire and he was ice. We were compatible and made the perfect team.As time went by, we realised that we had an audience: my dad, Jay, Kelsey and Ashton’s parents were watching. My dad and Kelsey started coaching us. They were telling us how to move to avoid an attack from the other. They thought of it as just practice. We t
A Spark in the Dark Shadow 25.TRIP SUCCESS
I found him in the attic sitting on one of the seats that the room provided. I sank into the seat next to his and relaxed in it. The attic had glass walls, the lights were off. The moon lit up the room dimly but it was enough for now.He turned when I sat next to him and looked at me with intense eyes. He looked at me like a blind man seeing the sun for the first time, like I was a reward handed to him on a silver platter.“Lina, I know that we haven’t known each other for that long. I also know that all this is a little premature but I can’t help it. I know that from the look of things, we won’t get to spend more time together. I want you to know this; I love you. It sounds crazy but I can’t seem to stay away from you nowadays. It might be because we are now trapped under the same roof or because we are in the same situation but I feel something really strong”, he said.He moved from his chair and came to kneel next to me. He
A Spark in the Dark Shadow 26. BATTLE BEGINS
After the communication with my dad, we offloaded the supplies we had brought. Jack gave us a quick orientation on how all the weapons worked. We got armed and battle ready. Carl gave us earpieces so that he could have communication with us since he would be leading us throughout the mission.He told us where to head as we exited the building. We gilt-ed from the facility and appeared on the surface over the building. I got on Ashton’s back and he used his super speed, ran as fast as he could heading in the direction that Carl had pointed us to. He gave us his spyware so that he could see where we were heading. We got near the ocean and we stopped.“Ok Carl. We have reached the ocean boundaries. Where do we go from here?” I asked.“Look to your right side. There are some cave-features that are facing the ocean. Get to them quickly”, he ordered.We managed to get there in record time by running, well Ashton ran while I was on
A Spark in the Dark Shadow 27. BATTLE END
My molecular kinesis came in handy to seal the door on its doorframe before Kyle erupted from the room. Ashton was already in his defensive position from Quinn and Stuart. They both moved and Quinn stood facing me while Stuart faced Ashton. Kyle stood by the door while Roman yanked it from its position to let them both out. It seemed Roman had gotten some strength powers as he got the door off the hinges without much effort. Kyle and Roman bolted from the room, with Kyle leading and Roman protecting him from behind.“Now I finally get my chance to squash the precious Ashton Turner, oops, my apologies, Ashton McKenzie”, Stuart said with smugness.“Well, at least you know my real name. Too bad you’re just as bad as your creator, I would have liked you a bit”, Ashton said to him, some sarcasm dripping from his tone.Be careful, Lina. These two have the super strength that you have and that’s their strongest point. So le
A Spark in the Dark Shadow 28. HOME SAFE
I woke up to a dimly lit room, again. I felt relaxed, perfectly recovered. I turned my head to my left side and found Ashton sleeping in the chair next to my bed, it really looked uncomfortable. I looked to my right side and found the room empty, except for Jack’s tab on the cyber-desk. I got up from the bed and walked to the desk. I took Jack’s tablet and tapped twice on the screen. Jack came around.“Hey kid! You’re up”, he said.His voice broke the quietness in the room. Ashton awoke with a start and quickly got to his feet. He got a head rush and quickly fell back on the chair. I got to him quickly with Jack still in my hand. I laughed at what had happened and kneeled next to his chair. I only realised then that I was in my pyjamas. Who could have put them on?“You’re okay?” I asked.He recovered and looked at me with tired eyes.“Yeah, I’m good. Just got startled by Jack’s voice
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